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ČD Class 242
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1975· class of 86 Czechoslovakian electric locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lokomotiva 242 v Brně (7): Dezidor· CC BY 3.0
- 2. CD class 242 locomotive: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The ČD Class 242 or ZSSK Class 242 (formerly known as ČSD Class S 499.02) is a Czechoslovak electric locomotive made by Škoda Works. It is a single-system AC traction electric locomotive, which is operated by České dráhy. It was made between 1975 and 1981.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 16.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1975–1981
- in service from
- 1975
- number built
- 90
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- České dráhy, ČD Cargo, Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- length
- 16.4 m
- nicknames
- Plecháč (Czech)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q337208, Wikipedia: ČD Class 242 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.